Chapter 3864

The moonlight tonight is beautiful, and the dessert after the meal was even more impressively delicious for Xia De.

Although Margaret has blonde hair just like Dorothea, the two are still somewhat different in their specific physiques. Taking advantage of the time spent eating dessert, Xia De carefully explored the differences between them. When Xia De's fingers slid across the dinner plate, the faint blush that slowly appeared on the plate's surface was what impressed Xia De the most.

Of course, Xia De did not do things at the dinner table that were inappropriate for a table. After feeding Margaret the "afternoon tea snack," Xia De carried her indoors, leaving only the moonlight to shine upon the messy dinner table.

"Xia De, I'm ready."

And so, everything fell into place naturally; the tips of her blonde hair soon hung over the edge of the bed, swaying gently. A moment later, following the movement as the "dinner plate" was flipped over, the hair tips returned to the bedsheets, only to be grasped by Xia De and wound around his palm.

This night, the princess of the South finally completed the same achievement as the princess of the North. It was just that compared to Annalise, who likes to be a female knight, Margaret was slightly more passive... She preferred being held by Xia De from behind by her long hair.

In short, on this night of the thirtieth day of the Month of Wind, in this early spring season, all things were about to revive, and it was indeed the season for animals to mate. The cats of Willandale didn't know how many times they had called out in the night, and in how many houses after the lights were extinguished, mortals were attempting to complete the greatest miracle of their lives—

Creating life.

Margaret, after all, was not a witch; in fact, she was already struggling before midnight. But her performance was still better than that of Sylvia, whose constitution was slightly more special; at least she could still be carried by Xia De to the washroom to freshen up while in a daze.

"Xia De, I'm sorry, I..."

"Please absolutely do not continue, otherwise I will feel that my life is no longer an epic of the Sixth Era, but an illegal book written by someone."

Xia De stopped her, and Margaret, whose eyes were somewhat hazy, gently wrapped her arms around his neck:

"The teachers were right, it really doesn't work with just one person... When there is an opportunity, I want to be with Annalise. Since the layout of the Old Continent was established, no one has ever achieved such an accomplishment~ Should I call Annalise 'sister' from now on? However, I wouldn't dare call the teachers 'sister,' but I can address them directly by name.

From now on, we are true family. Also, the teachers were really right... It's amazing, I'm already regretting that I missed so many opportunities... It's all Teacher Sylvia's fault, otherwise, it could have been three months earlier."

She looked to be in a very good mood, so Xia De said with a smile:

"You can think about how to address them after you wake up tomorrow; let me clean you up, and let's go rest."

This era already possessed shower devices familiar to outlanders, namely mechanical shower systems, but only aristocratic families would install them. High-level water tanks and chain devices paired with exquisite brass fittings, polished copper pipes, and other decorative parts carried very distinct characteristics of the Steam Era.

Xia De said this as he pulled the chain of the water tank, and Margaret looked at him with pursed lips in the "rain":

"Xia De, it's truly wonderful to have met you."

"What did you say?"

"I said, I'll sit on the small stool, and you help me wash my hair."

"Alright."

"I will help you wash yours too."

(Little Mia is running...)

It had rained all day yesterday in Willandale, and although there were no more raindrops falling early Tuesday morning, the weather remained gloomy, clearly with dark clouds brewing another spring rain.

On the pier of the island in the middle of the Dorn River, a black-gold vortex unfolded amidst the sound of shattering glass, and then Sylvia walked out from the portal.

The humidity was heavy on the small pier, and Sylvia walked quickly along the pebble path toward the building in the center of the island. Passing through the garden, the black-haired witch even glanced at it, and sure enough, she saw the dinner table that had been ruined beyond recognition:

"How intense, they wouldn't have really..."

Sylvia was slightly worried about her student; with Margaret's small frame, she probably couldn't hold out for too long, after all, Xia De's change in the essence of life after the Battle of Destiny was too great.

She knew the two must be in the bedroom on the top floor. It was seven o'clock in the morning, and Sylvia had originally thought they would still be sleeping, but she heard voices as soon as she reached the bedroom door.

The witch listened curiously for a few sentences and discovered that it was her student asking Xia De to say mushy love words. To prevent them from having a "morning exercise" in a while, Sylvia knocked on the bedroom door with a smile, and only pushed the door open after hearing Margaret's scream.

"Good morning, Xia De, Margaret."

"Teacher~ Why did you come in?"

Margaret, who had originally been held in Xia De's arms, hurriedly shrank back under the quilt, and Sylvia looked around the room:

"This is my house, is it not normal for me to come in? Besides, you two made such a mess of the garden, clothes are thrown everywhere, and you're still not out of bed early in the morning, isn't that a bit excessive?"

She asked with a smile, waving her hand to open the window to let the morning air rush in. It wasn't that she didn't like that smell; she just wanted to wake herself up a bit.

"Good morning, Sylvia, something happened, right?"

Xia De asked immediately; he knew that if there wasn't an important matter, Sylvia would absolutely not appear at this time; she actually cared for Margaret very much.

Sylvia nodded and sat on the edge of the bed, then glanced at Margaret, who was trying to hide herself completely under the quilt, somewhat disappointed to find that Margaret had not advanced to the next ring because of last night.

The witch said:

"Yes, something happened—the two countries declared war, and the war has broken out."

"What?"

Margaret immediately poked her head out from the quilt but hurriedly covered the part below her neck again, only Sylvia still saw a very obvious red mark somewhere.

"Teacher, when did the war break out?"

She asked with a slightly flushed face, also noticing Sylvia's gaze.

The witch replied:

"Calculating the time, it was probably an hour ago. I just received the news as well; the Speaker specifically called everyone for a meeting. According to Galina, there has been a major shift in the situation in the Pantanal Wetlands; the Principality of Sete in the north had its front line broken through by the Principality of Milson in the south, and the Sete army was routed across the board.

This was last night's event. After Delarion received the intelligence, Larus III mobilized the troops around Pantanal to rush into the wetland area to prevent the Milson Principality from occupying the entire Sete Principality, but as a result, the Northern brigade was wiped out as a unit, so Larus III took the initiative to declare war on the South."

Before Xia De could speak, Margaret asked even more surprisingly:

"The Principality of Milson is capable of wiping out Delarion's border troops as a unit? I know the war situation between the two principalities very well; where did they get such a powerful army? And even if they had the ability to do so, how did the Principality of Milson have the guts to do so?"

In this era, many principalities existed between the two great kingdoms; even if they were clearly attached to one side, they would absolutely not dare to completely offend the other.

Sylvia answered this doubt:

"The previous statement was just early intelligence. The actual situation is that the Principality of Sete and the Principality of Milson joined forces to wipe out the border troops Delarion sent to support the wetland area."

"What?"

Margaret felt as if she hadn't slept for one night, but for several months. At this moment, the quilt slipped again, and she didn't go to pull it anymore.

Xia De's gaze was attracted by Margaret for a moment, and then he thought of another thing:

"Wait a minute, could it be that something happened inside the Principality of Sete?"

Sylvia nodded:

"Yes, the detailed intelligence is not yet clear, but it seems that the Sete Grand Duke's lover, Virgil Cameron, assassinated the Grand Duke, then concealed the news of the Grand Duke's death together with the Grand Duke's son, and secretly turned to Karsinrik."

The specific situation is not clear to Delarion either, but it is said to be related to the political scandal within the principality, as well as the male lover that the Grand Duke and his son were fighting over."

Sylvia's words completely confirmed Xia De's conjecture. During the 1853 Great City Player event, Virgil Cameron was the card player who competed with Xia De for the championship. And during the competition, Director Anluosi had given Xia De a mission to keep a close eye on this lover and court jester of the Sete Grand Duke. (Chapter 561)

At that time, MI6 was already suspecting that the Sete Grand Duke intended to make contact with Karsinrik. Unexpectedly, two years later today, the suspicion of that year would be realized in this way.

"The Sete Grand Duke has probably been dead for at least a month, otherwise the Sete Principality's army would not have cooperated so tacitly with the Milson Principality's army last night. Margaret, your father has already accepted the Northern war declaration; you should pack up and return to Cold Spring Palace as soon as possible; you will probably have your hands full for a while."

"Alright Teacher, I'll go with you after I freshen up."

Margaret grabbed the blanket from the side, kissed Xia De with worry, and then walked quickly toward the washroom wrapped in the blanket. Although she was injured last night, Xia De had already treated her, so she didn't have any inconvenience walking.

"Xia De, last night looked quite good, our Southern princess is no worse than the Northern one, right?"

Sylvia smiled again.

"Margaret is very good; if it weren't for this matter, I would have liked to accompany her for another day."

Xia De sighed:

"Although I thought that the war would come soon, it is truly dramatic to start in this way. My superior, Director Anluosi, will probably face big trouble; MI6 actually failed to detect such a big thing inside the Sete Principality, plus the King and Queen were assassinated one after another some time ago... May Director Anluosi be lucky."

Sylvia didn't care much about this:

"Didn't you tell us a long time ago that war is the normal state of the world, so you should cherish every peaceful time. Now that the war has started as expected, Xia De, what are you going to do?"